The story is complicated. The first observations were on methotrexate leading to improvement of ME. Flag and Mella then guessed that this was...
I see no reason not to think that patients already are sensible. It is sensible to go and see a doctor with problems that 80% of the time are not...
Physios do know more anatomy but they have very little grasp of how you tell what causes what. The idea that muscle strengthening exercises helps...
But that tells us nothing @Barry, because pain like that tend to get better anyway. You have no way of knowing whether or not the exercises...
Very likely so.
I think the problem is that this subculture unblinded trials with subjective outcomes has been trogging along for the last forty years in the area...
The Guardian today carries a piece that includes: Radical changes are needed because the NHS will not be able to train enough homegrown GPs or...
I know it has been a disturbing week but my gut feeling is that it will all be seen as fluff in the fullness of time. What will matter is the...
Is he saying that 'you're supposed to be writing about me, not Mr Liddle'.
I agree: There are going to be journalists and advocates come along, writing about ME and supporting you, who are not doing it for the right...
If it was reasonably clear to the attending doctor that a chronic illness had been a major motivation for suicide I think many doctors would...
I suspect these figures are not that helpful. Traditionally 'cause of death' has often been filled in as the acute process immediately leading to...
Jerome Byrne is sympathetic to the patient point of view. He wrote a piece previously and I have met him for lunch a few times. I don't actually...
Yep. I think I already said that I think Porter's piece is more damaging than Liddle's. It perpetuates a lazy self-satisfied approach to primary...
I am interested that you raise this defence, @shak8. I find it very hard to be that generous. The study seems to be from 1999. It was not an...
I agree. Think it is entirely appropriate to flag these sorts of studies up on S4ME because they illustrate the pervasive problem of bad...
I find this review puzzling. The book seems to give the impression that psychiatrists are actually being quite humble in admitting that they have...
I have sent in some suggestions. Hopefully others will as well. Vicky Whittemore knows most of the major UK researchers' views. I think they will...
Frances emailed me and explained that she had a limited remit and space. I think she did a good job within that. I think she has her own limits. I...
A sympathetic enough piece but I have a feeling that any reasonable person could have written that. It is a pity that nobody is prepared to pick...
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